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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

226 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 12

Local and General Miner Injured

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

A miner named Biddle was caught in a fall of earth at the Tingha Cope's Creek dredge on Tuesday afternoon. He is now an inmate of the Tingha…

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Serious Shooting Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

A man named Henry Campbell bad what might be regarded as a providential escape from instant death at Oban on Monday. It seems that…

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Fatal Scalding Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

Cliff Jones (driver) and John Smith (fireman) in charge of an empty stock train running from Murrurundi to Werris Creek, with a push up engine…

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Shooting Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

Mr. Gilbert Every, of Graham's Valley, who was accidentally shot in consequence of a revolver exploding, which he was cleaning, is making…

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Shocking Burning Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

A little girl, aged 7, daughter of Mr. Edward Hall, of Collarendabri, was playing near a fire outside her patents' residence, when her clothes caught fire,…

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Terrible Gun Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

A boy named Quillan, aged 7, accidentally shot his sister, aged 5, dead with a gun at Clonbinane, Victoria…

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Fatal Accident. Young Motorist the Victim

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

A deplorable accident happened at Armidale on Wednesday evening last at about half-past 7 o'clock, as the result of which a popular young citizen lost…

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Local Man Injured

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

On Saturday last a young man named C. McLean, who resides in Belgravia, met with a painful and serious accident He was on his way to Gunnee riding a…

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An Awful Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 10

The Bendemeer correspondent to the Armidale "Express" writes:—An awful accident happened last Sunday afternoon at the residence of Mr. G…

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General News. Burning Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 10

Mrs. Martha Lewis, residing at Leichhardt, was terribly burned on Monday morning all over the body and face. She was boiling water on a gas…

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Fatality at Armidale. Youth Thrown Froh a Horse

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 6

Another shocking accdent occured locally on Thursday night last, wherei a young man n[?] [?] B[?] was [?]d by fail from a [?]. It…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred on the Gleneleg railway line (Adelaide) rail on Saturday, the victim being Harod Henry Clark (14). A detached…

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Shooting Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 7

It is rumored in town that a young man named Edward Tierney met with a serious accident at Warialda yesterday through a gun explosion. Tierney…

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Terrible Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 7

Joseph Dowell had a terrible experience at Tamworth. He was seated on a load of hay, and limit pitchfork in his band. The hay on which he was…

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Burning Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 4

Mr. H. Klooss was on Tuesday afternoon the victim of a burning accident. He was taken to the hospital, where it was found that he had…

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Fatal Accident at Stonehenge. Young Man Killed

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 5

Au [?] unhappily attended by fatal results occurred at Stonebeoge on Wednesday afternoon, the victim being a young man named William…

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Scalding Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 4

On Friday evening Jessie [?], Urn youngest daughter of Mr. [?] Mrs. [?]. accidentally [?] a teapot full of boiling tea over herself, and…

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Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 4

Two men, named Samuel Hamilton and Stephen M'Kinson, were drowned in the river at Wellington (N.S.W.) through the upsetting of a boat…

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Another Drowning Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 5

NEW ZELAND Monday—A drowning fatality occurred at Seaton New Zealand on Friday night when a married man named W. Crawford was drowned…

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Shocking Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 4

A shocking fatality is reported from Sofala. Mrs. Stevenson 70 years of age was preparing to drive for the mail when her horse bolted and after…

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